One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today.
This is an archival story that predates current editorial management.
This archival content was written, edited, and published prior to LAist's acquisition by its current owner, Southern California Public Radio ("SCPR"). Content, such as language choice and subject matter, in archival articles therefore may not align with SCPR's current editorial standards. To learn more about those standards and why we make this distinction, please click here.
How to Support Planned Parenthood and Enjoy Delicious Food & Drink at the Same Time
Planned Parenthood LA Chef of the Year Suzanne Goin, in one of the specially-designed PPLA t-shirts that will be available at the March 8, 2012 PPLA Food Fare event (Photo courtesy PPLA)
Blame Julia Child: The world-renown matriarch of the celebrity chef movement started off what became the annual Planned Parenthood Los Angeles Food Fare in 1979 with a cooking demonstration.
Now in its 33rd year, PPLA's 2012 Food Fare is right around the corner, and with the group's recent slog through the headlines, this is the perfect time to dig deep in your wallets to support the cause and experience an evening of delicious food and drink.
Restaurants participating in the Thursday, March 8 event at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium include: A.O.C., Ammo, Angelini Osteria, Craft, Church & State, Drago Central, Clementine, FOOD, Joe's Restaurant, Lemonade, Michael's, M Cafe, Loteria, The Spice Table, Momed, Waterloo & City, Public Kitchen & Bar, Tavern, Lucques and many more, as well as some of the city’s most popular Food Trucks, including The Border Grill Truck and The Grilled Cheese Truck. Plus, there will be plenty of libations to enjoy.
For their largest fundraising event of the year, PPLA has announced Suzanne Goin, owner of AOC, Lucques, and Tavern, as Planned Parenthood's Chef of The Year.
As a special additional fundraising aspect, Velvet by Graham and Spencer has created 3
limited edition tee shirts (available in women’s, men’s, and kid's sizes) that will feature a custom design utilizing the Planned Parenthood slogan, “Love Carefully” that will be sold exclusively at the event.
With an impressive roster of past celebrity attendees, the PPLA Food Fare is likely to dazzle with stars and delight your palate. The event is in two sessions, a day session from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., and an evening session from 6:30-9:30 p.m. Advance tickets are $150 for daytime session and $225 for the evening session.
One year ago, Congress voted to defund public media, eliminating a critical $1.7 million from our budget every year going forward. But they couldn’t silence us, and we’re not going anywhere. LAist is now 100% community funded and that means we’re taking our future into our own hands and turning to you to keep local reporting strong.
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our nonprofit newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our communities. We are free to follow facts wherever they lead and to hold power to account without fear or favor. Our only loyalty is to our readers and listeners and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen Southern California’s communities.
If this story helped you, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our nonprofit newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our communities. We are free to follow facts wherever they lead and to hold power to account without fear or favor. Our only loyalty is to our readers and listeners and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen Southern California’s communities.
If this story helped you, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
Senior Vice President News, Editor in Chief
